Paulo Vital
Advisory Software Engineer at IBM
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPaulo Vital is an advisory software engineer based in Berlin with 12 years of experience building secure, production-grade systems across virtualization, cloud, and AI-driven products. Currently contributing to IBM Observability by Instana, he combines deep systems-level expertise from extensive work on KVM/QEMU and PowerKVM with practical security leadership gained as a penetration testing and OpenSSL project lead. He has led cognitive AI projects delivering Amelia-based solutions across EMEA and driven backend design and REST API work for notable open-source efforts like the Kimchi HTML5 KVM manager. Comfortable in Python and Java, Paulo bridges product, architecture and hands-on engineering — often stepping into Scrum Master and project manager roles to keep complex cross-company initiatives on track. His background includes porting and stabilizing Hadoop ecosystem components for IBM Power Systems, a less obvious signal of his ability to adapt large-scale distributed software to niche platforms. Passionate about solving hard infrastructure and security challenges, he blends pragmatic delivery with long-term technical stewardship.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Engineering, B.S, Computer Engineering at Universidade Católica Dom BoscoStanford Ignite, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Stanford Ignite, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessColégio Militar de Campo Grande - CMCG
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (10)
api-rest10
rest-api10
python10
back-end-development10
api-design10
restful-api10
kvm9
libvirt9
linux8
web-application8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kimchi-project/kimchi
Oct 2013 - Oct 2016
An HTML5 management interface for KVM guests
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:126 commits, 93 comments, 20 issues in 3 years
Contributions summary:Paulo primarily focused on enhancing the back-end functionality of the Kimchi project, particularly around features related to host software updates and repositories. They implemented new REST API endpoints and supporting backend operations, including interactions with package management systems like YUM and APT. Their work also involved modifying existing code to improve usability and address reported issues related to the user interface for template management.
vdivmskvmlibvirtlinux
pvital/fuzzy-spice
Apr 2015 - Jul 2021
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
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